Arvin Singh, MBA, MPH, MHL, LSSGB, PhD.c

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Arvin Singh is a dynamic, collaborative, multi-site leader who hails from Indiana and developed his vocational and academic skills in the DC/East Coast region. He is a graduate from the George Washington University, where he received his Master in Public Health (MPH); a graduate from Penn State, where he received his Master in Business Administration (MBA); a graduate from Brown University,where he received his Master in Healthcare Leadership (MHL); a graduate from Harvard, where he obtained his Master Level Certificate in Negotiation, and is currently enrolled/pursuing his Doctoral Degree in Public Health (PhD). In addition, Arvin is an active member of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and is 6 months away from qualifying for his Fellowship (FACHE). His professional accomplishments started at Indiana State, within Americorps, where he led teams to several disaster areas [JoplinTornado and the BP Oil Spill disasters]. He moved to DC shortly after and worked at Congress on the Affordable Care Act; the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) at the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS); the Pentagon overseeing reforms at the Defense Health Headquarters Agency (DHHQ), and the White House – directly under the Obama Administration overseeing the healthcare initiative for children (Let’s MoveCampaign) – achieving invaluable experience in healthcare policy, politics, economics, trade, and so forth. In order to gain a deeper understanding of healthcare/hospital operations, he moved to Baltimore and led Johns Hopkins through significant, innovative changes – such as their new partnership with RoundTrip & Lyft for patient transportation. It was here where Arvin also obtained his Lean, 6-Sigma Green Belt with the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute – expanding his knowledge base in eliminating waste and streamlining healthcare operations. In 2018, Arvin moved to New Orleans with his wife, a medical doctor in the Neurology field. In his role at OHL as Chief Operations Officer, Arvin oversees day-to-day operations of the Agency, ensures Agency policies and procedures are enforced, leads expansion/acquisition/construction efforts over the new multi-million dollar facilities, and works with the Chief Executive Officer to provide staff support and guidance. Lastly, Arvin is an avid community supporter. As a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Freemason and active member of his DC-based lodge, he donates his time and effort towards giving back to cities which have blossomed him into the leader he is today (including New Orleans based Freemason lodges). In his free-time he enjoys an active life-style and plays basketball & tennis, enjoys flying Cessna planes,drone piloting and video-graphing, chess, computer building/technology, politics, and is an at home garage inventor.